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2008
Morning Coffee @ The Potter with Michael Piggott
Thursday 26 June 2008 10.30 for 10.45am to 12pm
The Ian Potter Museum of Art The University of Melbourne
How does one possibly cover fifteen kilometres of historical documents in fifty minutes? The University Archivist Michael Piggott attempted an answer, which was both entertaining and educational. His illustrated talk featured stories drawn from some of the University Archives’ collections including the personal papers of the meteorologist and Arctic explorer Fritz Loewe, the former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, the documentary photographer John Ellis, Geelong’s forgotten architect A W Purnell and that remarkable organisation the Commercial Travellers’ Association.
Because of the venue and audience, his talk ended with a slightly left-field look at ‘the document as art’.
Michael has been the University Archivist since 1998 and Manager, Cultural Collections Group. Previously he worked in Canberra at the National Library, War Memorial and National Archives. He has also published widely on archives and collections, his particular research interests including the relationship between archives and historiography, diaries and human behaviour and record keeping.
Percy Grainger in the Top Ten
A piano roll recording of Percy Grainger performing 'Country Gardens' is in the 2008 top ten list of new Sounds of Australia added to the National Registry of Recorded Sound added to the National Registry of Recorded Sound, a public list of Australian recordings that celebrates the widest traditions of recorded sound culture and history in Australia.
Rare Collections in the Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Library to be Catalogued
The Louise B.M. Hanson-Dyer & J.B. Hanson Bequest, which is administered by the Hanson Bequest Committee, has granted $138,000 to the Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Library to catalogue rare collections in 2008 and 2009. These collections are rich in material associated with the development of western art music in Victoria. Rare recordings of Aboriginal music, music manuscripts of 19th-century operas performed in Melbourne and patriotic sheet music are a few of the kinds of material that will be more accessible to researchers as a result of this generous grant. Collections to be catalogued include:
- Historic orchestral collection
- Australian sheet music
- Newspaper clippings 1895-1945
- Stockigt clarinet collection
- White clarinet collection
- Organ music
- Michael Tippett Archive
- Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB) Archive
- Musical instruments, Photographs, Furniture
- 78rpm records
In this, the 100th year of the Music Library, it is timely that the cultural riches here will be made available to researchers, students and anyone with music-related interests.
Redmond Barry Fellowship
The Redmond Barry Fellowship is named in honour of Sir Redmond Barry (1813-1880), a founder of the University of Melbourne and the State Library of Victoria. Valued at $20,000, the fellowship is open to scholars and writers to facilitate research and the production of works of literature that utilise the superb collections of the State Library of Victoria and the University of Melbourne.
Guidelines and application forms are available or contact Mrs Jacqui Wardell, Melbourne Research Office, The University of Melbourne, tel. (03) 8344 2058 or jacquiw@unimelb.edu.au.
Applications closed on Thursday 24 April 2008.
Joe Burke's Legacy: The History of Art History in Melbourne
Ben Thomas presented a seminar for the History of the University Unit at 1:00 on Tuesday 4 March in the Leigh Scott Room, First Floor, Baillieu Library.
Cultural Collections 2008 Diary
For the first time the University of Melbourne offered a Cultural Collections Diary for 2008, featuring highlights from the extensive cultural collections of the University of Melbourne. This 130 by 185mm diary has one week to a page opening, with 52 full colour plates. It is available from the Marketing and Communications Office or from the University of Melbourne Bookshop.
News Items
Andrew Jamieson, 'Australian archaeologists at Pella', Art Events Ideas, issue 1, 2008, p. 5.
Ann Brothers, 'Double launch in Medical History Museum', Art Events Ideas, issue 1, 2008, p. 10.
Janine Sim-Jones, 'Centuries-old medical books on display', The Voice, vol. 2, no. 4, 17 March-14 April 2008, p. 8.
Katherine Smith, 'UNESCO Memory of the World registers Melbourne art archives', The Voice, vol. 2, no. 4, 17 March-14 April 2008, p. 4.
Melissa Kent, 'Curing headaches can be such a pain', The Age, 9 March 2008.
Maryrose Cuskelly, 'From beards to badges: A student activist tradition', The Voice, vol. 2, no. 3, 3-17 March 2008, p. 8.
Annie Lawson, 'Secret City: The Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum', The Age, 19 February 2008, p. 15.
Silvia Dropulich, 'Art as History', The Voice, vol. 2, no. 2, 8 February-3 March 2008, p. 8.
Belinda Nemec, 'Cultural Collections in spotlight', The Voice, vol. 2, no. 1, 4-18 February 2008, p. 8.
Suzy Freeman-Greene, 'A fine body of work', The Age, 2 February 2008, A2 section, pp. 16-17 (Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology).
2007
Historic Concert Program Collection Live on Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Library Web Site
The listing for the historic concert program collection is now live on the Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Library website. This is a useful resource for the study of music performance history in 19th- and 20th-century Victoria.
Symposium: Percy Grainger at 125
To celebrate 125 years since the birth of Percy Grainger, the University of Melbourne hosted a one-day symposium on Friday 7 December 2007.
This symposium provided a forum for the presentation of new perspectives and possible areas of study in relation to Percy Grainger and his music. Papers also reflected on issues raised in the Grainger scholarship of the past half century.
Proceedings from the Symposium will be published.
The symposium was held at the Ian Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne and coincided with a major exhibition there, Facing Percy Grainger. A reception and concert were also be held in conjunction with the symposium.
Details at http://www.music.unimelb.edu.au/events/conf/grainger/
For further information contact:
Michael Christoforidis: mchri@unimelb.edu.au
Kerry Murphy: kerryrm@unimelb.edu.au
Symposium on Care and Conservation of Middle Eastern Manuscripts
From 26 to 30 November 2007, the Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation hosted a symposium on the Care and Conservation of Middle Eastern Manuscripts. International and Australian experts spoke on the conservation and handling of these important texts. The University of Melbourne's own significant collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts was highlighted and masterclasses and workshops were also part of the programme. The first day's programme was designed to be of general interest, and was suitable for secondary school students.
Preserving Your Photographs
A free public lecture by Ms Clara von Waldthausen, a professional photographic conservator from the Netherlands, at 6 pm on Wednesday 18 July in the Sisalkraft Theatre, ground floor, Architecture Building.
Major Donor Benefits the Classics and Archaeology Library
'Classics program receives $1m gift', The Voice, vol. 1, no. 13, 3-17 September 2007, p. 2.
Victorian College of the Arts New Acquisition
The Victorian College of the Arts has received an exciting new acquisition to the College Collection - 'Archive' 2007 by Penelope Davis (pictured at right). Davis makes moulds and casts of objects in clear resin and then places these moulds on photographic paper, exposing them to coloured light to produce a highly saturated, colour photogram. 'Archive' 2007 was acquired through the generosity of the ANZ Visual Arts Fellowship Award 2007. The $5,000 award is open annually to all final year VCA Art postgraduate students. Davis joins past recipients and fellow artists Chris Barry, Stephen Haley, Viveka Marksjo and David Ralph. This year Christina Markin received the inaugural ANZ Visual Arts People's Choice Award also valued at $5,000.
New Postgraduate Certificate Course in Photographic Conservation
From 16 to 20 July 2007, a new postgraduate certificate course in Photographic Conservation (course code 377PC) was launched at the University of Melbourne's Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation. The programme commenced with an intensive course: 108-548 Preventive Care of Photographs and Film, to be taught by an international expert, Clara von Waldthausen, a practising photograph conservator whose conservation lab has carried out many important projects and consultancies both in Holland and throughout the Europe. Ms von Waldthausen also delivered a public lecture on the evening of Wednesday 18 July.
Cultural Collections at the Museums Australia Multimedia and Publication Design Awards
Cultural Collections was recently represented at the Museums Australia Multimedia and Publication Design Awards for 2007. The catalogue from the Cultural Collections 2006 exhibition Artbound: A Selection of Artists’ Books was presented with a Highly Commended Award. The catalogue was designed by Elaine Hogarty of Origin Design, Melbourne. Project management was by Cultural Collections.
A total of 305 entries were received from 80 Australian and international organisations. Presentation of the awards took place at the Museums Australia National Conference, 'Museums in a Changing Climate', in Canberra, 17-20 May 2007.
Dental Museum Nominated for Museum Award
The Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum was been nominated for the 2007 Victorian Museums Awards. These annual prizes recognise excellence in exhibitions, public programs, collections care, management, and the work of staff and volunteers. The winners were announced at the special awards night at the State Library of Victoria on Thursday 28 June. For further information see http://www.mavic.asn.au/.
'Dental Museum nominated for Museums Australia Victoria Awards', Dent-al: Alumni Newsletter, issue 8, 2007, p. 7.
News Items
Holloway, Robin, 'Embracing Grainger: The 20th century's most maverick musician', The Spectator, 12 December 2007.
Tracey Caulfield, 'Card to diggers sends a coo-ee at Christmas', The Voice, vol. 1, no. 20, 10 December 2007-4 February 2008, p. 4.
'Opening: Facing Percy Grainger', Art Events Ideas, issue 4, 2007, p. 6.
Employment opportunity at the University of Melbourne Archives: Integrated Archival Management Access System; advertised 19 November 2007.
Moira Rankin, 'Archives and Records', Universitas 21 Newsletter, issue 10, October 2007, p. 4.
Clare Mullett, 'Worldwide Treasures', Universitas 21 Newsletter, issue 10, October 2007, p. 10.
'Bequests and donations: Dr John Brownbill, class of 1961', Dent-al: Alumni Newsletter, issue 8, 2007, p. 5.
Andrew Stephenson, 'The University of Melbourne Cultural Collections Group', IFLA Section on Rare Books and Manuscripts Newsletter, August 2007, pp. 10-11.
'Classics program receives $1m gift', The Voice, vol. 1, no. 13, 3-17 September 2007, p. 2.
'Note puts Koran at the last battle of the Indian Mutiny', A handwritten note by a British army officer provides intriguing provenance of a Koran ‘picked up’ during the Indian Mutiny in 1859, The Voice, vol. 1, no. 11, 6-20 August 2007, p. 7.
Janine Sim-Jones, 'Needles and syringes – a cultural exhibition', The Voice, vol. 1, no. 9, 9-23 July 2007, p. 6.
Alexandra Roginski, 'The body shop', The Age, 29 May 2007, Metro section, p.12.
'Lots to Discover: Discovering Egypt', Art Events Ideas, issue 1, 2007, p. 6.
'Tea: the Global Infusion', Art Events Ideas, issue 1, 2007, p. 7.
Rohan Trollope, review of 'Tea: The Global Infusion' exhibition, The Age, 5 May 2007, A2 p. 4.
Katherine Smith, '10 000 Years in Egypt', The Voice, vol. 1, no. 2, 2 April-16 April 2007, p. 6.
Katherine Smith, 'Knights of the road supplied a nation', The Voice, vol. 10, no. 1, 23 July-6 August 2007.
Andrea Hurt, 'The Art of Tea: A Global Ritual', The Voice, vol. 1, no. 1, 19 March-2 April 2007, p. 6.
Pilgrimages, poems and prayers at the Potter
Historic window to see new light
'Showcasing Surveying and Geomatic Engineering', Melbourne Engineering Alumni and Friends, July 2007, p. 10.
'The Kernot Window', Melbourne Engineering Alumni and Friends, July 2007, p. 5.
Hanson-Dyer Collection of Rare Music Now Fully Catalogued Online
The Hanson-Dyer Collection of 245 rare music imprints and manuscripts, dating from the late 15th to early 19th centuries, is now fully catalogued on the Library catalogue. This highly significant collection was assembled between 1929 and 1931 by Louise Hanson-Dyer (1884-1962), the Melbourne-born music philanthropist who established Editions de l'Oiseau-Lyre of Monaco, one of the world's most renowned publishers of scholarly music editions.
An easy way to see the complete listing is by doing a call number search in http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/search/c by typing: LHD <enter>. The call number allocated is the same as that used in the Denis Herlin catalogue which is also available for viewing in the Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Library, call number UniM Music REF 016.78026 HERL.
For further information about this collection or other rare music materials, contact the Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Library, see http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/music/help.html.
2006
'From the Dental Museum: Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum inaugural exhibition', Dent-al: alumni newsletter [of the School of Dental Science, University of Melbourne], issue 6, 2006, n.p.
'From the Dental Museum: Cultural Collections grant awarded to dental museum', Dent-al: alumni newsletter [of the School of Dental Science, University of Melbourne], issue 6, 2006, n.p.
'Profiles: Louise Murray' [appointment of new Curator of Dental Museum], Dent-al: alumni newsletter [of the School of Dental Science, University of Melbourne], issue 5, 2006, n.p.
Scholarship takes student to the British Museum
Caitlin Stone, 'The Malcolm Fraser Collection at the University of Melbourne', Art Events Ideas, Issue 4, 2006, p. 6.
Andrew Simpson, 'Facing Percy Grainger', CAUMAC Newsletter, vol. 14, no. 2, 2006, pp. 10-14.
Andrew Simpson, 'From Canton Club to Melbourne Cricket Club: The Archuitecture of Arthur Purnell', CAUMAC Newsletter, vol. 14, no. 2, 2006, pp. 27-8.
Online resource complements University’s Fraser Collection - UniNews, vol. 15, no. 22, 27 November-11 December 2006, p. 3.
Eminent Living Australians: 1 - Percy Grainger, The Age, 2006, originally published 4 December 1937.
China years influenced work of MCG architect
The University of Melbourne has published its new Cultural Policy (Pdf - 2.8 Mb). This document sets out guiding principles which assist the University to configure its cultural resources to best serve the whole community.
University asks Attorney General to clarify books ban
Percy Grainger: 'Warts and All'
Connecting people to the past: Student creates new exhibition trail at the Potter
Cultural collections grant helps conserve Victorian heritage concert programs
Prestigious French music press and rare collection comes to University of Melbourne
Richard Excell, 'Bowerbird to Lyrebird: The Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Collection', Art Events Ideas, Issue 3, 2006, p. 7.
Jocelyn Evans, 'Conservation in Action: Treatment of the Groote Eylandt Bark Paintings', Art Events Ideas, Issue 3, 2006, pp. 8-9.
The Melbourne Community Gamelan
New Light on Origins of Memorial Window
Potter Shows Vizard Collection
Under the Burning Sun of the Colony: The Eight-hour Day Movement
Getty Foundation Visits Uni's Cultural Conservation Centre
Uni Helps Benalla Recover Rich Legacy in Early Photographic Image Collection
New Edition of Uni's Cultural Materials Conservation Journal
Big "Yeah!" Cheers Games Marathon Runners Past Potter
Display of Armour Celebrates Workers' 8-hour Day Victory
Uni's Cultural Collections Offer Students a Unique Opportunity
History of engineering featured in new display
Brian Allison, 'Facing Percy Grainger', Arts Events Ideas, Issue 2, 2006, pp. 8–9.
David Pear, 'Facing Percy Grainger', National Library of Australia news, vol. 16, no. 9, June 2006, pp. 3–6.
Andrew Stephenson, 'The University of Melbourne Cultural Collections Group', IFLA Section on Rare Books and Manuscripts Newsletter, Winter 2006, pp. 11-13.
Deborah Zinn, 'Percy Grainger: Musician and bead man', Bead study trust newsletter, no. 47, Summer 2006, pp. 6–8.
2005
Rare Chaucer Edition Completes Uni Collection
'Pocket cathedral' Edition of Chaucer by William Morris Completes University's Kelmscott Collection
Tombs, Treasures and Shipwrecks
The Potter Re-opens 6 August 2005
Potter Reopens with Six New Shows in August
Ross Trust Sponsors Classics and Archaeology Collection Curator
Highlights of Heritage: The Shaping of a University Art Collection
The Grainger Acquires Harry Seitz Collection
2004
Nemec, Belinda, ‘University collections’, Insite Magazine (Museums Australia Victoria), November–December 2004, p. 6.
'University of Melbourne Map Collection shows how early explorers pursued the theory of terra Australis: 'the great southern continent'', UniNews, vol. 13, no. 11, 28 June-12 July 2004.
Piggott, Michael, ‘Frank Strahan (1930-2003)’, Australian Academic & Research Libraries, vol. 35, no. 1, March 2004, pp. 58-60.
Richmond, Mark, ‘[Obituary] Frank Strahan. Beginnings’, Archives and Manuscripts, vol. 32, no. 1, May 2004, pp. 14-19.
Cultural Collections Bolster Vocational Education
Cultural Collections: A Rich Legacy of Art and Artefacts at the University of Melbourne Plays an Essential Role in Vocational Education
Uni Launches Web Gateway to its Cultural Collections
Novel Physics Museum Collection Goes Online
150 Years of Pressed Plants: The Colourful History of the University of Melbourne's Herbarium Collection
University of Melbourne Map Collection Shows How Early Explorers Pursued the Theory of Terra Australis: 'The Great Southern Continent'
Rare Architectural Gems Searchable Online
Grainger Violin Makes Music of Middle Earth
Grainger Violin to Make the Music of Middle Earth
Sculpture Trail Invites People to Enjoy Public Art Treasures at the University of Melbourne
Museum of the Body a Unique Teaching Tool
Melbourne's New Anatomy and Pathology Museum Brings Reality to a 19th Century Vision
Adopt a Painting, Light a Gallery, at the Potter
From Tooth-drawer to Dental Surgeon: The Story of the Dental Museum
Cherished Treasures: Conserving the University of Melbourne's Special Collections
Cultural Collections Initiative Launched
2003
Vale Frank Strahan: (1930-2003)
Uni Acts to Avert Threat to Grainger
University Moves to Protect Percy Grainger Collection
Climate Control Facilities at the 'Potter' get an International Upgrade
MTC's 50th: Keeping the Drama on Stage
The Archives, the Grainger Museum and the Special Collections of the University of Melbourne
Uni's Image Archives are Online to Web
Lisa's Winning Way Leads to British Museum Study
150 Years: Grainger Museum Displays Products of a Colourful Life
Barry Jones Announces Appeal for Aussie Music Icon
Celebrating 150 Years With Books
Victoria - Home to Australia's First Musical Surfwear Designer!
UMA-PictureAustralia Link Launched
2002
Rowena Pearce, 'Legacy of an "auto-archivist": Bringing Grainger's archive into the electronic age', Review: the Centre for Studies in Australian Music, no.16, December 2002, pp. 4–5.
Labour, Trade Union History Goes Online For All